Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:22 PM
Hundreds of journalists and friends of journalism gathered in Universal City on Sunday night to honor the best work of 2008 at the 51st Annual Southern California Journalism Awards.
Author and Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington received the President’s Award for impact on media. Daily News city hall reporter Rick Orlov received the Joseph M. Quinn Award for lifetime achievement. And Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent Robyn Dixon received the Daniel Pearl Award for courage in journalism.
Awards presenters included Paula Poundstone, Bill Maher, NBC4 anchor Ana Garcia, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Joe Morgenstern, ABC7 entertainment reporter George Pennacchio, and “Ask a Mexican” columnist Gustavo Arellano.
David Evans of Bloomberg Markets was named large-circulation print journalist of the year for his coverage of the unfolding financial crisis. Brad Greenberg of the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles was the winner for smaller circulation publications.
Ana Garcia and Fred Mamoun of KNBC shared the television journalist of the year award with Eric Longabardi of TeleMedia. Frank Stoltze of KPCC was the radio journalist of the year. Chris Hedges of Truthdig was named online journalist of the year.
LA Weekly’s Christine Pelisek was also a big winner, taking home three prizes.
See a listing of all the winners.
